166, [2], 36 pp. With 42 wood-engraved plates, 1 folding; 1 folding chromolithographed plate; 1 folding map. 18.7x12.5 cm. (7½x5"), original gilt-lettered cloth.

Scarce Spanish-language guide to New York City, the first guide in Spanish to any American city. Complete with the rare folding map of New York City tipped to front endpaper, copyright 1857 by Humphrey Phelps. The illustrations are by J. Wells, W. Momberger, Coater, and Charles; engraved by J.W. Orr, Richardson & Cox, and others. The folding chromolithograph plate is an advertisement for the photography studio of Edward y Henry T. Anthony, "fabricantes e importadores de materiales fotográficos." It has some offsetting.